Melmoth
Cited as Melmoth. — 7 quotations
Approbation
The silent approbation of one's own breast.
Breathing
Subject to a difficulty of breathing.
buffoon
To divert the audience with buffoon postures and antic dances.
Combination
A combination of the most powerful men in Rome who had conspired my ruin.
Compress
The same strength of expression, though more compressed, runs through his historical harangues.
Diffident
You were always extremely diffident of their success.
Dirt
Honors . . . thrown away upon dirt and infamy.